When you look at Forbes magazine’s most recent list of highest-paid CEO’s (chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the United States), you won’t see a woman until No. 48: Irene B Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods . In a country where women make up 47 percent of the workforce, 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEO’s are female. In addition, women who worked full time earned an average of just 80 percent of what men earned in the same positions in 2008, according to the BLS. But is salary disparity between genders the issue or is it something else? In the Harvard Business Review blog , Avivah Wittenberg-Cox wrote: “Women represent one of the world’s biggest and most under-reported opportunities. The business world has been so focused on stories like the rise of China that it has not been invited to see that, much closer to home, business could be reaping the benefits of the rise of women. Companies — and their business school feeders — have been slow in adapting and profiting from this shift, and part of the reason is that media too often focus on small, sensational and misleading parts of the story, including aspects like the wage gap.” Catalyst’s February 2010 Pipeline’s Broken Promise report examining high potential graduates from top business schools around the world found that, even after taking into account experience, industry and region, women start at lower levels than men, make on average $4,600 less in their initial jobs, and continue to be outpaced by men in rank and salary growth. Only when women begin their post-MBA career at mid-management or above do they achieve parity in position with men — a situation that accounted for only 10 percent of the women and 19 percent of the men surveyed. Whatever the cause, the BLS reports there are only a handful of occupations where women’s earnings are equal to or exceed men’s including construction and extraction occupations; special education teachers; installation, maintenance and repair occupations; life, physical and social science technicians; and counselors. We wanted to know, what jobs pay women the most money? Here are 25 jobs where women earn $1000 a week or more, according to the BLS, and how those wages compare to their male counterparts’. Pharmacists Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,647  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,914 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 86.1% Chief executives Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,603  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,999 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 80.2% Lawyers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,509  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,875 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 80.5% Computer software engineers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,351  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,555 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 86.9% Computer and information systems managers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,260  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,641 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 76.8% Physicians and surgeons Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,230  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,911 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 64.4% Management analysts Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,139  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,391 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 81.9% Human resources managers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,137  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,433 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 79.3% Speech-language pathologists   Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,124  Men – Median weekly earnings: * Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: ** Computer and mathematical occupations Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,088  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,320 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 82.4% Computer scientists and systems analysts Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,082  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,240 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 87.3% Physician assistants Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,077  Men – Median weekly earnings: ** Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: ** Medical and health services managers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,066  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,504 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 70.9% Physical scientists, all other Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,061  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,535 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 69.1% Postsecondary teachers   Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,056  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,245 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 84.8% Marketing and sales managers   Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,024  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,601 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 64% Physical therapists Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,019  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,329 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 76.7% Occupational therapists   Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,016  Men – Median weekly earnings: ** Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: ** Registered nurses Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,011  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,168 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 86.6% Managers, all other Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,010  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,359 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 74.3% Psychologists Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,004  Men – Median weekly earnings: ** Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: ** Computer programmers   Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,003  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,261 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 79.5% Architecture and engineering occupations Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,001  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,286 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 77.8% Advertising and promotions managers Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,000  Men – Median weekly earnings: ** Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: ** Education administrators Women – Median weekly earnings: $1,000  Men – Median weekly earnings: $1,398 Women’s earnings as percent of men’s in same occupation: 71.5% What do you think?

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